Wake up and see you are infinite Self. You are free. | ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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आत्मा साक्षी विभुः पूर्ण एको मुक्तश्चिदक्रियः ।

असङगो निस्पृहः शान्तो भ्रमात्संसारवानिव ॥

Wake up and see you are infinite Self. You are free. You have just been overwhelmed by the events in your mind. That is all that has happened. A cloud has covered the sun. What can any cloud do to the sun? Can it destroy it? Remember your nature. You are the soul, only being. You are a witness to all the events. They all will come and splash like waves on the shore; then go away from you. Even if they created some impression, it doesn't stay too long because another event takes place and rubs it out, to some extent. आत्मा साक्षी विभुः पूर्ण । You are complete. Don't think you are incomplete, and have to do something to complete yourself. You are complete, you are total right here, now.

You can only remove ignorance with knowledge. All these practices, the sadhana is there to remove ignorance and not to 'grow' because language is so limited - we are growing or we are improving. But in reality, it is like removing the husk from the paddy. When you remove the husk, the rice is already present inside. When Buddha was asked what he gained when he became enlightened, he said that he gained nothing but that he lost everything. It's a game of losing. Here, one who loses really wins. He said, 'Come on, lose, otherwise I'll strip you of everything'. He took a very tough step.

In the days of Buddha the country was very prosperous. There was no dearth of anything. Everything was in plenty all over. So, he told them they didn't have to worry about their bills, and gave them a robe and a bowl in their hands. He made bhikhus, In those days the bhikhus were so respectable. People respected them very much. It was something new.

You are total. You are full. You have all that you need. Do not underestimate yourself. A Guru is there to show you what you are. This is your possibility. You are this. You are not different from me. Whatever I am, that's what you are, i.e. your highest possibility. And what is not possible, when you blossom in your highest possibility? All that you are craving for and hanging onto comes to you automatically anyway. But you have to let go. You are holding your fists tight. Why not open your hands and see that the whole sky is in them? You are closing your fist; even air cannot enter, let alone the diamonds. The process of opening the fist is what sadhana and practices are for. That is what knowledge is.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

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